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Ruto lobbies for Chinese support as Kenya battles debt

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President William Ruto with Chinese President Xi Jinping during bilateral talks at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China. [PCS]

President William Ruto's visit to China has him tagging along a wish list that, if fulfilled will see him bag cheaper concessional loans and funding for key infrastructural projects that will also inflate the country's crippling debt burden.

Public debt stood at Sh10.56 trillion as of June this year, having grown from Sh8.58 trillion in June 2022, just three months before President Ruto took over.

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